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PETRA TILOS
Petra Tilos is a collective, grasstoot initiative that primarily aims to activate, educate and raise awareness regarding the history, the environmental impact and the possible restoration and reuse of drystone constractions in Tilos island.
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Petra Tilos wants to engage and activate their community to collectivly learn and research the history of the dry stones constructions of Tilos Island and together to co-create, co-design and co-develop the next steps of the project. It's a project designed by the community for the community and for all those who may be interested in traditional drystone techniques and environmental sustainable development processes for small communities.
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COMM'ON has partnered up with Petra Tilos to support the community building process and the further development of the project.
PROJECT RESULTS
FEBRUARY 2023 /DOCUMENTARIES
In the winter of 2023 Petra Tilos team researched and recorded oral history interviews around the theme of drystone building.
With the support of cinematographer Nefeli Papaioannou oral history narrations from 3 generations of Tilos residents that work or have worked with stone techniques were recorded and 5 mini documentaries were created:
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"Drystone and Agriculture"
"Drystone and Water"
"Drystone Technique"
"Drystone and Collective Work"
"Country Life in Tilos"
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You can watch the documentaries at Petra Tilos YouTube channel (in Greek with English subtitles).
This mini doc series was funded by Athina I. Martinou Foundation under Points Of Support programe.
march 2022 /drystone school
In March 2024 the first Drystone School of Petra Tilos took place in Tilos with the participation of the local community.
During the 11 days of the school, 5 local teams and more than 30 participants from the local community implemented 5 different parallel events alongside the 4 "learning by doing" days for restoration techniques for drystone walls and paths.
More than 90 people participated in the activities that included screenings, talks around around environmental sustainability and archaological drystone builds, storytelling of local gardeners, building lessons and drystone restoration of ~100 meters drystone wall, walking routes, games for children on the thematic of stones
and community pic nics!
"Petra Tilos" is an initiative of a small group of people that want to engage and activate their community to collectivly learn and research the history of the dry stones constructions of Tilos Island.
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The project is developed by a team of locals, with the suppost of AC Tilos, Blue Star Ferries and the Municipality of Tilos, in cooparation with COMM'ON and Tilos Youth Group (Enosi Neon Tilou).
For the period October 2023 - March 2024 the project was funded by Athina I. Martinou Foundation under Points Of Support programe, with the participation of 10 charitable organizations.